Clinical Trials

The purpose of this study is to learn about why esophageal cancer develops. We would like to test the tissue to find out which way of saving esophageal tissue gives us the best information (DNA and RNA) to use for future studies and collect a blood sample to use as a comparison for normal and tumor DNA.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate circulating tumor DNA as a potential biomarker for pre-surgery treatment response in patients who have esophageal cancer.

The purpose of this study is to see if different depths of submucosal tumor invasion in esophageal cancer can predict lymph node involvement and survival.

To prospectively collect blood and tumor tissue from esophageal cancer patients to identify specific esophageal cancer mutations that can be measured in the blood (cell free DNA) during the course of treatment as a marker of response and recurrence.

To prospectively collect blood and tumor tissue from esophageal cancer patients to identify specific esophageal cancer mutations that can be measured in the blood (cell free DNA) during the course of treatment as a marker of response and recurrence.

The purpose of this study is to get definite evidence for the effectiveness of a short preoperative inspiratory muscle training protocol on the level of sickness and recovery of patients who are having the surgical removal of a portion of the esophagus.

The purpose of this research study is to find out what effects, good and/or bad, the drug regorafenib has on stomach or esophagus cancer after completion standard chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery prescribed by your doctor. In this study the participant will either get regorafenib or a "placebo".

Surgery has been historically the mainstay treatment for advanced pre-malignant lesions and early esophageal cancers. However, esophagectomy is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. With the advance of therapeutic endoscopy, there has been a growing interest and application of endoscopic resection and mucosal ablative techniques for the treatment of these diseases. Esophageal stricture(ES) formation has become an increasingly recognized complication of extensive endoscopic mucosal ablation and/or resection. The resultant symptomatic stricture development can significantly impair a patient's quality of life. Endoscopic therapy of esophageal strictures with balloon dilation and/or local steroid injection is invasive, costly, and associated with the potential ...

This is a prospective observational study designed to observe the toxicity and efficacy of PBS proton RT for patients with esophageal cancer undergoing trimodality therapy. The investigators hypothesize that PBS proton RT will be associated with a favorable adverse event profile and quality of life, with similar disease control outcomes, relative to historical comparisons of patients treated with photon RT.

The aims of this study are to:

1. Study the history of esophageal leiomyomas in patients followed with periodic surveillance with endoscopic ultrasound.

2. Determine baseline characteristics and symptoms of patients diagnosed with esophageal leiomyomas.

3. Determine the transformation rate of malignancy or symptoms (if previously asymptomatic) in patients who undergo interval surveillance EUS examinations for esophageal leiomyomas.

4. Determine risk factors for progression of symptoms or malignancy in patients followed with interval surveillance EUS exams for esophageal leiomyomas.

5. Assess morbidity and mortality in patients followed with interval surveillance EUS examinations for esophageal leiomyomas.

6. Identify malignant sub-epithelial tumors, including leiomyosarcomas, granular cell tumors, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) to see ...

The purpose of this study is to assess how well paclitaxel, with or without cixutumumab, works for treating patients who have esophageal cancer or gastroesophageal junction cancer that has spread to other places in the body. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Cixutumumab may kill cancer cells by blocking the action of a protein needed for cancer cell growth. Giving paclitaxel with or without cixutumumab may kill more tumor cells.

Using the analysis of group velocity for a screening application and then higher order analysis based on the elastic and viscious components of the shear modulus may allow discrimination between extent of tumor invasion through the esophageal wall if appropriately correlated with pathological findings.

The purpose of this study is to collect blood and tumor tissue from esophageal cancer patients in order to identify specific esophageal cancer mutations that can be measured in the blood (cell free DNA) during the course of treatment as a marker of response and recurrence.

THe purpose of this international study is to identify the incidence of oesophago-gastric leaks, identify when they are diagnosed and how they are specifically managed.

This Phase 2, open-label, parallel, 3-cohort, multicenter study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of various combinations of the anti-T-cell immunoglobulin and ITM domain (TIGIT) monoclonal antibody domvanalimab, the anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) monoclonal antibody zimberelimab, and multiagent chemotherapy in the first--line setting, and of various combinations of domvanalimab, zimberelimab, the cluster of differentiation 73 (CD73) inhibitor quemliclustat, and chemotherapy in the second-line (2L) or greater setting in participants with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric, gastroesophageal junction (GEJ), and esophageal adenocarcinoma.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the treatment of patients with HER2-positive Gastric cancer (GC) or Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) cancer to determine the effectiveness of margetuximab combined with INCMGA00012 (also known as MGA012) (Cohort A) and margetuximab combined with INCMGA00012 or MGD013 and chemotherapy compared to trastuzumab combined with chemotherapy (Cohort B).

RATIONALE: PET scans done during chemotherapy may help doctors assess a patient's response to treatment and help plan the best treatment.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying PET scan imaging in assessing response in patients with esophageal cancer receiving combination chemotherapy.

This randomized phase III trial studies how well radiation therapy, paclitaxel, and carboplatin with or without trastuzumab work in treating patients with esophageal cancer. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as trastuzumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to ...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how well proton beam radiation therapy compared with intensity modulated photon radiotherapy works in treating patients with stage I-IVA esophageal cancer. Proton beam radiation therapy uses a beam of protons (rather than x-rays) to send radiation inside the body to the tumor without damaging much of the healthy tissue around it. Intensity modulated photon radiotherapy uses high-energy x-rays to deliver radiation directly to the tumor without damaging much of the healthy tissue around it. It is not yet known whether proton beam therapy or intensity modulated photon radiotherapy will work better in ...

The purpose of this study is to determine if Regorafenib improves overall survival in refractory AGEC A randomized phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with 2:1 (regorafenib : placebo) randomization and stratification by:

• Location of tumor (GEJ vs. gastric);
• Geographic region (Asia vs. Rest of World);
• Prior VEGF inhibitors (Yes vs No).

The purpose of this study is to confirm the performance of the Captivator™ endoscopic mucosal resection device for resection of early tumor growth in Barrett's Esophagus.

The purpose of this study is to find out whether it is better to receive a new drug, BBI608, in addition to paclitaxel chemotherapy or better to receive paclitaxel chemotherapy alone as second line treatment for gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer after prior first line platinum and fluoropyrimidine based chemotherapy.

The purpose of this study is to anayze the usefulness of treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab in addition to standard of care chemotherapy and radiation therapy in patients with esophageal and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma who are undergoing surgery. Immunotherapy with antibodies, such as nivolumab and ipilimumab, may remove the brake on the body's immune system and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy may reduce the tumor size and the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed during surgery. A combined treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy ...

This phase Ib/II trial studies the side effects and best way to give pembrolizumab with combination chemotherapy and radiation therapy before surgery and to see how well it works in treating adult patients with gastroesophageal junction or gastric cardia cancer that has spread from where it started to nearby tissue and can be removed by surgery. Monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may block tumor growth in different ways by targeting certain cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping ...

The purpose of this study is to explore various biomarkers in the post-treatment tissue of patients who have responded to cancer therapy and compare it to the biopsy performed prior to cancer treatment.

This is an international, multicenter Phase 2/3 study in subjects with locally-advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2+ GEC who have received prior treatment with a HER2-directed antibody, and have received 1 prior line of therapy in the advanced disease setting.

The purpose of this study is to characterize the safety and tolerability of DKN-01 in combination with tislelizumab ± CAPOX (capecitabine + oxaliplatin) in patients with inoperable, locally advanced or metastatic G/GEJ adenocarcinoma.

This is a randomized Phase 2 study of novel SEQUEnced immunotherapy (pembrolizumab) with anti-angiogenesis and chemotherapy in advanced gastric and gastroesophageaL junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma (SEQUEL) designed to to evaluate the best overall response rate (BORR) of combined ramucirumab (RAM) plus paclitaxel (+/- pembrolizumab) following induction pembrolizumab (PEM) in patients with advanced gastric and GEJ adenocarcinoma.

The purpose of this study is to compare, in a non-inferiority fashion, the progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with metastatic refractory gastric/Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma receiving the combination of ramucirumab with TAS-102 vs. paclitaxel and ramucirumab.

This study is being done to see if the NvisionVLE Imaging System can accurately determine the diagnostic performance of staging of T1 esophageal adenocarcinoma.

This study aims to elucidate the relationship between the microbiome, inflammation, and the microenvironment in Barrett's esophagus (BE) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), with the end goal of developing a non-endoscopic testing strategy based on pathogenic factors to identify patients at highest risk for EAC. To accomplish this the investigators will enroll 100 patients with known BE (50 with dysplasia or EAC) and 50 subjects without BE undergoing upper endoscopy. Prior to endoscopy each subject will undergo three minimally invasive potential screening and surveillance tests: saliva (oral microbiome), breath test (exhaled volatile organic compounds), and tethered capsule sponge sampling (methylated DNA ...

To determine whether the combination of MM-111 plus paclitaxel and trastuzumab is more effective than paclitaxel and trastuzumab alone

The purpose of this study is:

• To assess the efficacy of treatment with checkpoint inhibitors (Pembrolizumab or Nivolumab) in metastatic gastric and esophageal carcinoma through retrospective chart review.
• To explore if response to checkpoint inhibitors is dependent on biomarkers on tumor tissue.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether cryotherapy is effective in the treatment of persistent high grade dysplasia (HGD) or early esophageal adenocarcinoma (IMCA) in patients who have not responded to radiofrequency ablation (RFA).

The goal of this research is to determine the natural history of Barrett's esophagus (BE) using tethered capsule endomicroscopy (TCE) in patients undergoing surveillance endoscopy.

The purpose of this study is to compare the symptoms of patients who have a MIPG to the symptoms of patients who have a MITG.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if the capsule sponge device can detect the presence of Barrett's Esophagus.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus (BE) or Esophageal Adenocarcinoma (EAC) that are planned for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) treatment.

Exclusion Criteria: 

• Patients without BE or EAC or that are not planned for ESD treatment.

This is a study of pembrolizumab for advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma; pembrolizumab will be given as monotherapy to participants who have had previous treatment or who are treatment-naïve; pembrolizumab will also be evaluated as combination therapy with cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) in treatment-naïve participants. The primary study hypothesis is that pembrolizumab will provide a clinically meaningful overall response rate.

The purpose of this study is to determine serum, saliva, and tissue levels of nitrates in patients with normal squamous epithelium, erosive esophagitis, non-dysplastic BE (NDBE), and BE with high-grade dysplasia (HGD) or esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC); to compare serum and tissue levels of IL-8 with varying levels of BE dysplasia and EAC; and to determine whether there is an association between nitrate levels and IL-8.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of endoscopic cryoablation for lessening the effects of dysphagia on the quality of life (QOL) of patients with unresectable esophageal or gastroesophageal junctional cancer.

A Phase 1b/2, open label, multi-center, clinical study of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells (CAR-T) targeting claudin18.2 in patients with advanced gastric, pancreatic or other specified digestive system cancers.

The purpose of this study is to determine the 12-month cardiac event rate  after radiation or chemo-radiation for the treatment of lung or esophageal cancer.

The purpose of the study is to see if the plasma assay of MDMs using optimized markers and analytically sensitive assays will detect early-stage esophageal cancer at high specificity.

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and preliminary effectiveness of APR-246 in combination with pembrolizumab in subjects with solid tumor malignancies. The study will include a safety lead-in portion followed by a phase 2 expansion portion in specific disease groups.

This study will evaluate if the sponge capsule device can accurately detect the presence of Barrett's Esophagus and prevalent dysplasia/adenocarcinoma detection, in a screening population, with and without chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease.

The purpose of this study is to determine the pharmacodynamically-active dose of gevokizumab and the tolerable dose and preliminary effectiveness of gevokizumab in combination with the standard of care anti-cancer therapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, metastatic gastroesophageal cancer and metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

The primary purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of RP-6306 with FOLFIRI in patients with eligible advanced solid tumors, determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), identify a recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) and preferred schedule, and assess preliminary anti-tumor activity.

This randomized phase III trial studies how well early palliative care integrated with standard care works compared with standard care alone in improving the quality of life of patients and their family caregivers. Palliative care focuses on improving the quality of life for patients with advanced diseases and their family members by providing support for relief of physical symptoms, emotional and psychological support, and counseling. Patients who receive palliative care along with their regular care at an earlier time in their disease may experience fewer emotional and physical issues from their cancer. This may also improve the quality of life ...

Patients in the study will be treated with Melphalan/HDS and will receive up to 6 total treatments. This study will evaluate the safety and effects of the treatment.

The primary purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of TAB001 in subjects with various advanced malignancies and to evaluate the recommended Phase 2 dose. The secondary objectives are to: 1) describe the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of TAB001, 2) evaluate antitumor activity of TAB001; 3) determine the immunogenicity of TAB001 , and 4) evaluate pharmacodynamic effects of TAB001 on its target receptor, programmed cell death 1 (PD-1), as well as effects on the immune system. The exploratory objectives are to: 1) evaluate biomarkers that may correlate with activity of TAB001, 2) evaluate the utility of PD-L1 & ...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, dose, immunogenicity and early clinical activity of GRT-C901 and GRT-R902, a personalized neoantigen cancer vaccine, in combination with nivolumab and ipilimumab, in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, microsatellite stable colorectal cancer, gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma, and metastatic urothelial cancer.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability, and determine the maximum tolerated dose of INCB062079 in subjects with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and other malignancies.

The purpose of Part A of this study is to characterize the safety, tolerability, and biological effects of CUE-102. The goal of Part B is to expand the safety and immune activity data at the RP2D identified in Part A, and to evaluate antitumor activity at this dose.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate dose escalation and expansion of MT-5111 (a recombinant fusion protein) in subjects with HER2-positive solid tumors.

The purpose of these phase I/II trial studies is to analyze the side effects and best dose of liposomal irinotecan and rucaparib when given together with fluorouracil and leucovorin calcium, and to see how well they work in treating patients with pancreatic, colorectal, gastroesophageal, or biliary cancer that has spread to other places in the body. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as liposomal irinotecan, fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium, and rucaparib, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading.

This is an open label, multi-center, Phase Ib dose escalation study of BBI608 administered in combination with either FOLFOX6 with and without bevacizumab, or CAPOX, or FOLFIRI with and without bevacizumab, or regorafenib. A study cycle will consist of daily and continuous oral administration of BBI608 for four weeks (28 days) in combination with FOLFOX6 with and without bevacizumab, or CAPOX or FOLFIRI with and without bevacizumab, or regorafenib.

The purpose of this study is to determine the recommended dose of tucatinib when combined with trastuzumab and modified FOLFOX7 (mFOLFOX7) or CAPOX in subjects with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)+ gastrointestinal cancers.

The primary purpose of this study is to obtain de-identified, clinically characterized, whole blood specimens to evaluate biomarkers associated with cancer for diagnostic assay development.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the antitumor activity of navicixizumab monotherapy or in combination with paclitaxel or irinotecan in patients with advanced solid tumors including:

• Cohort A: Colorectal cancer (CRC);
• Cohort B: Gastric and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer;
• Cohort C: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC);
• Cohort D: Platinum-resistant/refractory epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer (ovarian cancer).

The primary objectives for this study are: 

• The percentage of subjects who can enroll on an A2 CAR T-cell therapy study within approximately 6 months of documentation of HLA-A LOH status
• The percentage of subjects who can enroll on an A2 CAR T-cell therapy study within approximately 12 months of documentation of HLA-A LOH status
• The percentage of subjects who can enroll on an A2 CAR T-cell therapy study within approximately 18 months of documentation of HLA-A LOH status
• The percentage of subjects who can enroll on an A2 CAR T-cell therapy study within approximately 24 months of HLA-A LOH status
• Percentage of screened subjects experiencing loss ...

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the safety of GEN1046 in patients with malignant solid tumors.

The primary objective of this proposal is to develop a Thoracic Specimen Registry at Mayo Clinic. The purpose of the registry will be to support ongoing research in the etiology, early diagnosis, clinical management, and prognosis of lung cancer and other cancers and diseases of the thorax by developing a complete repository of specimens from patients with thoracic disease including but not limited to suspected lung cancer, mediastinal and pleural tumors and from patients at a very high risk of developing other thoracic cancers or other thoracic diseases. 

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the safety and tolerability of JAB-3312 in combination with anti-PD-1 mAb or MEKi or KRASi or EGFR-TKI in patients with advanced solid tumors.

This is a Phase I, open label study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of INO-1400 alone or in combination with INO-9012, delivered by electroporation in subjects with high-risk solid tumor cancer with no evidence of disease after surgery and standard therapy. Subjects will be enrolled into one of six treatment arms. Subjects will be assessed according to standard of care. Restaging and imaging studies will be performed to assess disease relapse per NCCN guidelines. RECIST will be used to validate the findings in cases of relapse.

The purpose of this multicenter prospective observational case-control study is to train and validate Adela’s cfMeDIP-seq based methylome profiling platform to detect and differentiate multiple cancer subtypes. In addition, this study includes longitudinal follow-up for a subset of participants to train and validate the methylome profiling platform to detect minimal residual disease and recurrence.

The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of genetic mutations in cancer patients from various ethnic populations seeking care at Mayo Clinic cancer clinics.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary anti-tumor activity of SAR444881 alone and in combination with pembrolizumab or with cetuximab. The study will enroll advanced cancer patients with unresectable or metastatic disease who are refractory to or are not candidates for standard approved therapy and will be comprised of two parts - an initial "3 + 3" dose escalation phase (Part 1) with Sub-Parts 1A (monotherapy SAR444881), 1B (SAR444881 in combination with pembrolizumab) and 1C (SAR444881 in combination with cetuximab) followed by a dose optimization/expansion phase (Part 2), including Sub-Part 2A (Dose Optimization) with Cohorts A1 (SAR444881 in ...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the challenges, behavioral patterns, and preferences of minority patient participation in clinical trials. Also, to develop and validate a personalized clinical trial educational platform to boost participation among underserved cancer patients.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the location of SQ Nivo administration, at the infusion center or in the home, on patient preference and acceptability, safety, patient reported outcomes (PROs), and clinical outcomes.

The purpose of this study is to collect blood and tissue samples from patients with and without cancer to evaluate laboratory tests for early cancer detection which may help researchers develop tests for the early detection of cancers.

GRAIL is using deep sequencing of circulating cell-free nucleic acids (cfNAs) to develop assays to detect cancer early in blood. The purpose of this study is to collect biological samples from donors with a new diagnosis of cancer (blood and tumor tissue) and from donors who do not have a diagnosis of cancer (blood) in order to characterize the population heterogeneity in cancer and non-cancer subjects and to develop models for distinguishing cancer from non-cancer.

The purpose of this study is to develop a data-driven approach that enables healthcare providers to “prescribe” exercise in the appropriate dose in a manner analogous to prescribing a drug.